New! Expanded plastics recycling -- check for the triple-arrow recycling symbol (as seen below left) on the bottom of each item.
Items collected can vary -- call your town or hauler
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What to recycle: |
How to recycle it: |
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Examples include bottles, jars, tubs, cups and buckets (no larger than 3 gallons in size) from water, sports drinks, soda, personal-care products, other beverages and other food products |
Discard screw-top caps, rinse and place containers and lids in your recycling bin.
Remove metal handles from buckets.
Redeem deposit bottles! |
Bottle caps
Automotive fluid (motor oil, antifreeze, windshield washer, etc.) containers
Plant and flower pots
Medicine bottles
Toys
Foam plastics
Take-out food trays
Black plastic containers
Film plastics such as plastic wrap, grocery bags, dry-cleaning bags and trash bags
Plastic-coated paper plates, straws and cups
Plastic knives, forks and spoons
Containers of any type larger than 3 gallons in size |
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Examples include milk jugs, soda bottles, cooking oil bottles, water bottles, laundry detergent jugs, cat litter buckets and personal-care products. No containers of any type larger than 3 gallons in size. |
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Examples of recyclable No. 3 plastics include laundry detergent jugs, shampoo bottles, dish detergent and skin cream containers. |
Discard caps and lids, rinse and place containers and lids in your recycling bin. |
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Food-grade packaging! Examples include squeezable condiment bottles and food storage containers. |
Discard screw-top caps, rinse and place containers and lids in your recycling bin. |
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Food-grade packaging! Examples include yogurt, margarine, butter, sour cream, pudding and cottage cheese containers, as well as ketchup and mustard bottles. |
Discard screw-top caps, rinse and place containers and lids in your recycling bin. |
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Food-grade packaging! Solid plastics only (no foam plastics). |
Discard screw-top caps and lids, rinse and place containers, caps and lids in your recycling bin. |
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Food-grade packaging! Examples include large water bottles (up to 3 gallons), heavy food containers and Tupperware. |
Discard screw-top caps and lids, rinse and place containers, caps and lids in your recycling bin. |
| What if I have single-stream recycling? |
Just place them in your recycling bin or barrel with your paper, cardboard, metal and glass recyclables. |
And don't forget to recycle all these other materials! |
What to recycle: |
How to recycle it: |
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Newspaper, junk mail, catalogs, magazines, home computer paper |
Place in brown paper grocery bag or tie with fiber twine into bundles, then place the bag or bundle on top of or next to your recycling bin. |
Dirty or contaminated material, Tyvek mailing envelopes, gift wrap, greeting cards |
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Corrugated cardboard |
Flatten boxes and fold or cut into three-foot pieces, tie with fiber twine into bundles, then place the bundle on top of or next to your recycling bin. |
Dirty or contaminated material, pizza boxes, plastic- or wax-coated cardboard |
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Glass bottles and jars (up to 2.5 gallons in size) |
Discard caps and remove lids, then rinse and place jars, bottles and lids in your recycling bin |
Window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, medicine bottles, broken glass, bottles and jars larger than one gallon – Redeem deposit bottles! |
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Aluminum cans, food trays and foil. |
Rinse and place in your recycling bin. Fold foil flat. |
Pots, pans, coat hangers, toys, other metal items – Redeem deposit cans! |
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Steel food (up to No. 10 size) and beverage cans including aerosol cans |
Remove lids, rinse and place cans and lids in your recycling bin |
Pots and pans, coat hangers, appliances, toys, other metal items |
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Boxboard (cereal boxes, pasta boxes, shoe boxes, shirt cardboard) |
Discard plastic or wax-paper inner bags, remove plastic windows and flatten, then place in the same bundle or bag with your newspapers, junk mail and other mixed paper |
Dirty or contaminated material.
Plastic-coated paper or cardboard materials such as plates and cups.
Pizza boxes are frequently made of this material but are not accepted. |
| What if I have single-stream recycling? |
It's easier than ever! No need to tie paper and cardboard into separate bundles -- just place them in your recycling bin or barrel with your cans, bottles and other recyclables. |
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Aseptic packaging (milk cartons, juice boxes) up to one gallon in size |
Discard straws and caps, then rinse and place packages in your recycling bin. |
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